| Group Members | : | Fionnuala Sherry Occasional Members: Gunnhild Tvinnereim Åsa Jinder Hans Fredrik Jacobsen |
| Avtive | : | 1995-present |
| Nationality | : | Norwegian-Irish |
| National Finals | : | Melodi Grand Prix 1995 |
| ESC Entries | : | Nocturne (1995) |
| Website | : | https://secretgarden.no |
Biography
Secret Garden is normally an Irish-Norwegian duo specialised in new instrumental music. The group won the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway’s in 1995 with the composition “Nocturne”. It was the only time to date that a predominantly instrumental piece has won the Eurovision Song Contest, although a few Norwegian lyrics.were included to ensure that the entry adhered to the contest’s rules. Norwegian singer Gunnhild Tvinnereim sang the song in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Hans Fredrik Jacobsen on penny whistle and Swedish nyckelharpist Åsa Jinder guesting for the occasion, none of them are regular members of the group. Their success at Eurovision spearheaded the success of their first album “Songs from a Secret Garden”. It sold a million copies around the world going platinum in Norway and Korea, gold in Ireland, Hong Kong and New Zealand and spending two years in the Billboard new-age charts in 1996 and 1997
